Edgar makes his case for fight with McGregor
Today UFC’s featherweight Frankie Edgar spoke to FOX Sports about why he deserves the chance to fight Conor McGregor for the featherweight title.
Today UFC’s featherweight Frankie Edgar spoke to FOX Sports about why he deserves the chance to fight Conor McGregor for the featherweight title:
“Everyone’s drinking the Conor Kool-Aid,” Edgar said. “It’s easy to do. The media builds him up. The UFC builds him up and he does go out there and perform, but I see what Chad Mendes did to him. I see what Nate Diaz did to him. I know I can do those things.
“If you want redemption, go in there and fight the guy that poses a serious threat. Not the guy you just knocked out. He wants to prove to everybody this fight with Nate was a fluke? Fight a guy that can do the same thing to him. If Conor wants to show everybody he’s the king like he says, fight me. If you want to silence the doubters, you don’t do it against a guy you just beat. You do it against a guy that poses the biggest threat and especially after the way he lost on Saturday night. I can stand with Conor, too. That’s the other thing. I’m not going to sit there and just wrestle (expletive) him.”